School News
SCHOOL NEWS
The College Principal, Dale Perichon, will be on Long Service Leave from Monday 31st July for 4 weeks. Dale will then be part of the teacher party that will accompany the year 9 students on the Young Leaders China Trip. We all wish Dale a well deserved break.
In his absence Sam Luck will be the Acting Principal. All principal inquiries should be directed to Sam Luck through the school office. Congratulations to Sormeh Afkari who will be acting Primary Principal until the end of term 3. Further news on her replacement will be shared with the 1/2 parents.
PRIMARY PLAY EQUIPMENT
We would welcome the opportunity to discuss primary play equipment with Australian based companies who would be interested in creating a play space for our primary area. Expressions of interest close on Friday 11th August at 4pm. All inquiries should be made to Craig Bradley. (craigb@collingwood.vic.edu.au)
SCHOOL GROUNDS MASTER PLAN
We are looking for a landscape architect/landscape designer to develop a school master plan for our school grounds. We would like to hear from anyone within the community that has experience in this field that is interested in helping support this project. Expressions of interest close on Friday 11th August at 4pm. All inquiries should be made to Craig Bradley. (craigb@collingwood.vic.edu.au)
OPEN DOLL'S HOUSE
As part of the Victoria Open House weekend the Doll's House will be open for a visit this Saturday.
PRIMARY NEWS
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Please take a moment to read about some news relating to the Primary School:
PREP ENROLMENTS
Prep 2018 enrolments are filling fast. Please make sure if you have a child that is eligible for Prep in 2018 that you come to the front office and collect an enrolment form. Both Steiner and Reggio places are filling faster than expected. Enrolments are taken on a 'first in-first served' basis.
Take care,
Sam Luck
Primary Principal
SECONDARY NEWS
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Please take a moment to read about some news relating to the Secondary School:
The secondary school welcomes Michelle Bregar to the Collingwood College secondary team. Michelle will replace Hameeda Al-Musawi who will be moving on to further study. We are pleased to announce that Michelle will be joining our team and sad to see Hameeda leave. As part of the transition Michelle will be taking some extra Science classes at year 8 and 9 from Vince with Vince taking over maths at year 7.
It is a busy period for year 10 students and their families as they start to plan a senior pathway and a successful transition to year 11.
On Monday 31st July Year 10 families will be invited to attend a conference with their homegroup teachers to discuss their pathway choices. Appointments can be booked on Compass between 4.00-7.30pm. I will also be available for appointments on Monday.
Thursday 10th August is the VCE/VCAL 3-Way Conferences at Fitzroy High School, 11:00am-7:00pm. (There are no senior classes that day)
Craig Bradley
Secondary Principal
PE / SPORT ATTIRE
Dear Parents / Carers,
It has come to my notice that students are continuing to wear the incorrect PE/Sport attire for their PE/Sport lessons.
Collingwood College has a compulsory PE/Sport attire policy for students from Yr 7 – 10. We have an embroidered Collingwood College PE/Sport polo shirt that is available to purchase from our reception at the cost of $35.
Students will wear Collingwood College polo shirt / T shirt, blue or black sport shorts, leggings, tracksuit pants or compression wear and runners only. No denim material (shorts or long pants), cargo shorts, over the knee shorts, board shorts or short shorts are to be worn.
If students wear the incorrect clothing for any PE/Sport lesson they will have a consequence for their actions and placed into an after school detention.
Thank you for your assistance with this. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you need any clarification.
James Agombar
Head of Physical Education and Sport
NEW SCHOOL CATERERS IN CANTEEN
We are very pleased to introduce ourselves as your new school caterer.
We have a passion for simple, fresh seasonal food, which is prepared and baked on site, even down to our tomato sauce.
To order from us you can either:
- Place money in a bag/envelope and put in your child’s classroom basket.
- Come and see us in the morning at the canteen to place your order.
- Buy from the canteen at morning tea or lunch.
We look forward to serving your children and yourselves Monday to Friday from 8:00am, Starting Monday 24th July
Please feel free to come and visit us at the canteen, we welcome any suggestions you may have and to meet you.
See below for our menu:
Warm Regards
Lisa & Jacky
COLLINGWOOD COLLEGE FIRST-AID AREA INFORMATION - Semester 2. 2017
To all in our school community and especially our new school families, welcome back to the 3rd term. With many new families joining our school community this term, we would like to provide you with our school protocols in the area of First Aid.
Our school works in partnership with parents and carers of students to ensure students (and staff) with ongoing and/or occasional medical needs have the appropriate school wide support and understanding for what could be complex medical issues.
Therefore it is with the upmost importance that parents and carers provide the correct and in-date medical documentation and information directly to the school as well as all in-date medicines needed at the start of the 2017 school year, or when a medical issue is diagnosed.
Updated medical plans for Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Diabetes and other medical conditions to be provided by your treating Doctor.
Please check the review date on plans, and ensure the plans are in date, in colour and with students’ current passport sized photo attached. All medicines are to be labelled with the students name, in-date and in original packaging.
Please provide any new plans directly to the office staff for processing, including the medicines. Our Office staff can colour photocopy your plans if needed and print out a colour plan if required.
Anaphylaxis requires:
- In date colour printed ASCIA Action plan provided by your Doctor with current passport sized photo of the student.
- In date Epi-pen labelled with students name. Primary students medication will be kept in an accessible/labelled medical box with their plan in the students’ classroom & taken to all specialists and excursions by their teacher.
- High school students may carry their pen on them in a heatproof carry bag. However we need to be shown this pen and where the student keeps it & take note of the use-by date.
- In date antihistamines in original packaging if required
- Colour ASCIA Action plans are available to download here
Asthma requires:
- In date colour printed Asthma Action plan for schools provided by your Doctor with current passport sized photo of the student.
- In date medication, such as Ventolin reliever medication (and spacer if required) labelled with students name.
- Primary students medication will be kept in an accessible/labelled medical box with their plan in the students’ classroom & taken to all specialists and excursions with the teacher. If you require your child to carry their medication on them, please speak to the classroom teacher for school documentation of your decision and its use-by date.
- High school students may carry their medication. However we need to be shown the medication and where the student keeps it to take note of the use-by date.
- Colour Asthma Action plans can be downloaded here
Diabetes requires:
- In date colour printed Diabetes management plan provided by your Doctor. Individual treatment kits (Hypo kits) should be discussed with and provided to the sub-school Leadership team at the start of the year. Management and Action plans are